More like millions of Americans are about to discover that modern record keeping is much different than it was a 100+ years ago, but sure.
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TorqueandOpulence1 day ago
+37
I’m a 4th gen, and was able to find records pretty easily back to 5th gen, which was around mid-1800s. Beyond that it’s real murky. As it stands, my great great grandfather was never issued a birth certificate. The official record is a baptism record written in a parish journal.
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Shieldsmith551 day ago
+40
We were able to find a great, great grandmother's Canadian birth certificate without too much effort. Some of my family is currently in the application process.
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DinkyStubby1 day ago
+23
Note to self. Talk to my mom about this. Her grandmother was a Canadian citizen and she probably could use the comfort of a different passport about now. The world has been heavy for her since about 2000 and only getting harder in the us for the last decade
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WapsuSisilija8 hr ago
+1
Getting a passport is a different process. FYI
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existing_for_fun1 day ago
+4
My wife's grandparents on one side were Canadian.
For her it's not even that far back.
Considering the implications of her getting dual citizenship and what it means for a spouse.
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rantingathome1 day ago
+12
It's not so much "getting" dual citizenship, but confirming it. If this applies for your wife, it means she's retroactively been Canadian the whole time, in other words already a dual citizen.
More correctly, it's getting confirmation of her **existing** citizenship.
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umbananas1 day ago
+2
Seriously I applied for a reprint of my birth certificate once, the process is almost magical.
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Balmerhippie13 hr ago
+1
The online Canadian records are really good. Much better than ive seen in the states. Kudos to the govt officials who built the systems.
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nicathor2 days ago
+387
*cries in multi-generational US citizen
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whitewateractual2 days ago
+97
Two of my great grandparents, when fleeing Europe, went to Canada. Then soon after the crossed the land border and went to Chicago. We never could figure out if they tried to become Canadian before coming to the US. I wonder if it’s worth reexamining now.
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rmg228932 days ago
+60
If they were only resident in Canada briefly, it is unlikely there's anything there. If they happened to have a child while they were in Canada, then that is a different story.
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whitewateractual2 days ago
+3
Hmm. One was born in England, so I don’t think he could have explicitly been Canadian either if I understand. His wife was Russian. I do know they came to the US before they had their first child. Oh well.
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Balmerhippie1 day ago
+1
Youre right. My reading comprehension is lacking lately.
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Balmerhippie1 day ago
+5
My great grandfather, and my grandmother fled Europe. Canada let them in. I found a record of their Canadian naturalization online. Also found them in a census before that. Eventually she moved to NYC and automatically lost her citizenship. Seems im in. Google Canadian natiralization records. Theyve set up a seatch function thats amazingly thorough.
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whitewateractual1 day ago
+1
Strange situation for me is at least one of my great grandparents were British and was, by the laws of the time, a default Canadian citizen when he landed. So he never “naturalized” before coming to the US (as far as we know neither his wife) because why would they? Catch 22
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Balmerhippie20 hr ago
+1
There are a few scenarios on the application just for Brits, Check it.
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whitewateractual20 hr ago
+1
Oh? Thanks for letting me know.
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StoriesandStones1 day ago
+4
I am as well, however, even parts of my family who landed in the 1600s went up to Canada in the 1700s through the 1800s then came back down to the US, (wrong side of the revolutionary war maybe? lol idk) so I have Canadian born great or great great grandparents on both sides.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
-8
Dual citizen here. You arent really missing anything
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VanceKelley1 day ago
+11
You're missing:
1. Ketchup chips.
2. Poutine.
3. An existential malaise, a profound ennui, at not having won the Stanley Cup in 30+ years.
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EternalCanadian1 day ago
+6
Don’t forget:
* Butter Tarts
* Nanaimo Bars
* Basically any and all Newfie cuisine (Toutons, Fish and Brewis, Jiggs dinner, etc)
* Anything and everything the Quebecois do with Maple Syrup.
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EnemyCharizard1 day ago
+8
Basic human rights are also an asset
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MysteriousCap49101 day ago
+3
tiger tail ice cream
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CaptainDe1 day ago
+3
We have ketchup chips and poutine. Don’t have the third thing though.
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Hvarfa-Bragi1 day ago
+3
4. An escape plan
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+1
That about sums it up. Is the third bullet why Canadians are so angry and resentful all the time?
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MosesOnAcid1 day ago
+117
People searching their family trees for a single Maple leaf...
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badchefrazzy1 day ago
+5
I got cousins somewhere but I don't wanna go bothering random folk to find out.
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Scared-Hope-8681 day ago
+28
Missed out again.
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leeharveyteabag6691 day ago
+24
So that explains the sudden urge to drive a Zamboni.
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anthonynoriega2 days ago
+33
F****** eh, eh?
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EmotionalPizza64322 days ago
+7
Sorry
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anthonynoriega1 day ago
I read that in a Canadian accent. Oh boy.
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Juan-More-Taco1 day ago
+2
Fuckin' **
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anthonynoriega1 day ago
+1
Fookin?
Wait, thats Irish... nevermind.
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Icy-Computer-Poop1 day ago
+1
It's "fuckin' A", eh?
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anthonynoriega1 day ago
+1
Tabarnak, yoor right eh?
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Spanky37032 days ago
+147
As long as they do not bring the contagion with them, happy to see people move to Canada who are net contributors.
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Incendiis2 days ago
+75
This. Our politics are already becoming a polarized joke, I don't want any more sensationalism than we already have, and we need less Conservative voters, not more.
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SolarBum2 days ago
+94
The conservatives aren't gonna be the ones fleeing to Canada to escape the fascist regime, they f****** love it.
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unfortunatebag2 days ago
+46
Nobody is fleeing to Canada in any real numbers that isn't an Indian "student" it's just not practical for the average middle class American. Every election Americans love saying this until they find out Canada actually has immigration laws.
That said a lot of conservatives I know would love to live in Alberta.
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grunkfest2 days ago
+28
Lots of university professors are in fact fleeing to Canada, just like the last time Trump was president. We are receiving them with open arms and research grants. Thanks America!
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Char_da_mange2 days ago
+14
They are not fleeing. They have been recruited and with the political climate in the US being what it is makes the offer from Canadian universities that much more appealing. Professor Snyder has said exactly this.
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grunkfest2 days ago
+14
If they are choosing to leave one country for another on the basis of prejudice, persecution, and cutting of budgets, I think it's reasonable to call that fleeing. They clearly would prefer to work in the US (since that's where they were working and clearly they have choice in the matter) if their needs and wants were met, but they are not, so they are leaving for greener pastures. I guess it depends on how you define 'fleeing', I would just equate it to a dramatic way to say 'leaving' but I wouldn't argue hard either way.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+2
Way to devalue what an actual Refugee goes through. Choosing to take a job in another country because it works for you is not fleeing
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Dry-Chemist-22542 days ago
+6
Need professor of nursing?
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Wheezy_n_Breezy1 day ago
+10
I know the nursing programs up in Canada are just as under sourced as their EDs and clinics, but you might check in with these folks: [BC Healthcare Infusion](https://www.timescolonist.com/local-news/man-behind-nanaimo-infusion-aims-to-help-ease-way-for-us-health-care-workers-11760397)
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unfortunatebag2 days ago
-8
>Lots
It's like a handful of professors but it made for a good headline on listnook.
Which makes sense because I can't imagine Canada having that massive of PhD employment gulf from America.
My grad school professor used to put up a list on his door of university openings vs PhD graduates per year and that pretty well talked me out of pursuing that line of work.
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grunkfest2 days ago
+13
I work in research at UofT. It's lots. My dept alone has signed 6 full research faculty from the US in the last year alone, and unlike previous years none have moved from Canada to the US in exchange. Cool story about something you noticed on your prof's door once though.
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unfortunatebag2 days ago
-4
You seem annoyed the reality and fantasy aren't mixing.
Doing a bit of research I can't find any data except a few articles about the Yale dudes which is what you're referring to above.
I'm not saying your anecdotal evidence isn't compelling but all the broader context I can find just shows that interest in leaving is much higher than actual departures.
I don't doubt you have young American PhDs applying though, although that wouldn't be new. Like I said the market is pretty saturated.
-4
grunkfest2 days ago
+9
Last post because this is you arguing with nothing for support but your (stubbornly held) opinion and a few minutes of google search results and me trying to correct you on the basis of the fact that this is the field in which I have been employed for decades. It's clear to me you don't actually have anything to contribute to the discussion on the basis of your own experience (prof's door list aside).
The reality is that we don't get web news articles every time faculty change jobs, unless the university chooses to make a bragging point of it, or someone chooses to write a controversy-stirring article about it, as was done with the Yale positions. Canadian research universities are recruiting faculty cross border quietly, getting lots of them, and not bragging about it. In many cases a faculty member is accepted but nobody even knows until a year later when they actually move. Conversely, fewer and fewer Canadian faculty are taking positions south of the border at colleges or industry (Google, etc). Anyway, do with it what you will, but that's reality, and frankly it's been great for those of us that work in research in Canada.
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Overall-Phone76052 days ago
+5
Check out the podcast Wonk "Canada's Race to build big talent" episode from last week. It's very nerdy, has lots of facts in it.
It's important to note that in December the Canadian government announced over $1 billion to attract international talent to research chairs in Canadian Universities so the 'big push' is pretty new. It's getting a lot of top tier applicants, particularly in the environmental/bio sciences who are under attack right now, especially since the two countries already share so much research between each other anyway and Canadian Universities made a huge effort to back up/save much of the research DOGE was gutting from the US servers last year.
Having Yoshua Bengio in University of Montreal and Geoffrey Hinton in UofT is helping attract alternative-to-hyperscaler-AI researchers as well.
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unfortunatebag2 days ago
+1
I definitely will
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Balmerhippie1 day ago
+2
Immigration laws dont apply. We are already citizens. Dont worry. I vote left.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+1
This doesn't have anything to do with immigration. They are natural born citizens of canada.
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Western-Corner-4311 day ago
+2
This is false. Record numbers of Americans are leaving America
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Otterfan2 days ago
+7
And fortunately Canada does not allow you to vote if you have never lived there.
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rantingathome1 day ago
+2
However, after three months of residency, you vote in the district of your last Canadian address.
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Winter_Body47942 days ago
+1
Eh, the intelligent ones will, in fact, leave if they can.
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Bleatmop1 day ago
-5
Your progressives are to the right of our conservatives, generally speaking.
-5
SolarBum23 hr ago
+1
I mean, you just made that up.
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Bleatmop21 hr ago
+1
I did not. Let's take Obama at the time he was elected and compare him against Harper, the conservative PM at the time Obama was elected and compare them shall we?
Healthcare: Obama for private healthcare and the legislation he passed strengthened the private health care system. Harper was strongly in favour of our universal single payer system.
Gay rights: Obama openly stated marriage was between one man and one woman. Harper openly accepted gay marriage and stated that question would never be raised while he was in office.
Trade: Harper was a globalist and expanded trade with China. Obama largely had protectionist policies, especially in his first term.
But yeah, I guess I am making stuff up.
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Fractoos1 day ago
+3
"polarized joke"... "we need less Conservative voters" -- You sound like one of those polarized people.
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Phycosphere2 days ago
+3
We are the vaccinated ones
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bstorm832 days ago
+1
I should already be due to my father but he is lazy. So now I have to get my grand father’s baptismal records and have Quebec make a birth certificate… tabarnak
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SRM_Thornfoot1 day ago
+5
Did Carney just offer to make the United States the 11th province?
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TheresWald01 day ago
+20
As a Canadian, I really hope this doesn't bite us in the ass.
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amisslife1 day ago
+11
I mean, that's one thing that almost no one talks about with the Vietnam draft dodgers.
A significant number of young, generally well-educated American men (and sometimes partners) moved to Canada. While a lot did end up going back after getting amnesty, about half stayed. But, instead of all these Americans moving to Canada making it more like the U.S., it actually made it *less* like the U.S., and strengthened what made us different. Because they liked what made us different - that's the whole reason they moved here.
If significant numbers do move now (and from what I'm hearing, there is a very significant increase in applications, at least), then it's actually likely to help insulate us from what damaged the States.
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question123383381 day ago
+4
Exactly, if one has the ability to live in either the US or Canada, and they actively choose Canada, they are *very* unlikely doing so because they want to "make it more like the US."
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Little_Cockroach_4771 day ago
+12
Doubtful. I just got my citizenship certificate about a month ago. From what I've read, those who are planning to move are doing so in a way that will be a net benefit to Canada. And those are a tiny fraction of those who are otherwise approved or even eligible. For most Americans, it wouldn't make financial sense, unfortunately. I do plan on moving up at some point, but it won't be immediate.
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got-trunks1 day ago
+4
when you come please bring BBQ
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+1
Canadians just have the worst taste in food lol. Only the Donair saves it
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got-trunks19 hr ago
+2
Cheese and gravy fried potato salad not bad either
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WiFiForeheadWrinkles1 day ago
+13
Wonder if they'll wait until they need healthcare, move up here and meet the minimum residency requirements, then drain a system they never paid into
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340486151 day ago
+5
This is what will happen
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Antique_Extension_821 day ago
+6
Does having every Tragically Hip record ever made work as well for gaining Canadian citizenship?
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Taitertottot17 hr ago
+2
I'll allow it.
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kaminaripancake1 day ago
+3
My grandma is Canadian but my mom never got Canadian citizenship. I wonder if I can get this. Would be worth a try
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Little_Cockroach_4771 day ago
+6
If your grandmother was a Canadian citizen before your mother was born, then yes, you and your mother are citizens.
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kaminaripancake1 day ago
+3
Yes she was born a Canadian, moved to us and had my mom. I have to check this out!!
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Yes_Indeed12 hr ago
+1
You are in the exact same boat as me. I applied for citizenship a couple months ago. If you can get a copy of your grandmother's, your mother's, and your own birth certificates you should be eligible.
1
Overwatchingu1 day ago
+33
I really don’t understand this bill. We decided we had too many immigrants, so we massively cut immigration and temporary visas. Now we’re opening a direct path to citizenship that circumvents the normal “points based” immigration system where the only qualification you need is to be able to find a Canadian somewhere in your family lineage.
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MysteriousCap49101 day ago
+39
Canadian citizenship by descent has never had a points system. The older laws always got challenged because they were adding a generational limit after the fact (retroactively removing citizenship that was there by the Canadian constitution). This law actually has a hard limit that anyone born after dec. 2025 will have to show their parents lived in Canada for at least 3 years before their birth. So within a generation if the people getting citizenship don’t spend significant time in Canada their children will not be citizens and be cut off. This is basically correcting for older laws while giving the current descendants time to prove they actually want to contribute to Canada before the line is cut off.
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Overwatchingu1 day ago
+5
Oh I know that citizenship by descent was never points based. But now there’s more people who can claim citizenship by descent. It just seems counterproductive to me that we massively reduced the number of people coming in who have to jump through the series of hoops that is our immigration system, only to seemingly broaden the number of people who can come in based on nothing more than the circumstances of their birth.
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MysteriousCap49101 day ago
+12
Although this probably has some underlying political leaning, it is actually something that has been brewing for years. Under the Canadian constitution children of Canadian citizens are citizens and so on. Even if they don’t know it, they are. Every past law basically retroactively removed their ability to gain proof of citizenship which goes against the Constitution. That is why the past bills kept getting challenged and removed. This is their best compromise. The rules had been in interim all last year because they couldn’t figure it out.
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Balmerhippie1 day ago
+1
Sounds MAGA to me. MCGA?
1
Irr3l3ph4nt1 day ago
+3
See, this is the best timing ever to do this as MAGA has an anti-Canadian bias built-in. We're filtering out the morons because they think they're better than us.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+25
It's not a path to citizenship. They are citizens already and have been from the moment they were born.
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TorqueandOpulence1 day ago
+8
The comment you’re replying to is correct. It’s not an application for new citizenship, it’s an application for the document to certify existing citizenship.
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kristina_421 day ago
+3
it’s the “right kind” of immigrants
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CucumberWisdom1 day ago
-7
It's not though
-7
RailGun2561 day ago
+5
honestly it would be an upgrade so I wouldnt complain
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_Den_1 day ago
+8
Cool to know that some Americans who may have never even visited Canada could be handed their passports when I'm still waiting on my PR decision 9 years into living in Canada legally!
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DracoKingOfDragonMen1 day ago
+3
9 years? Godamn. What path did you take to get PR?
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_Den_1 day ago
+3
Go to school, qualify for a post-graduation work permit, earn enough points in the comprehensive ranking system to get an invitation to apply for PR. Finally applied in December last year, but I'm expecting the process to last for 2 years because immigration Canada will surely take issue with my current citizenship.
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SydneyBriarIsAlive1 day ago
+17
“I recently went to Australia and you know, ***first words out of the first person I talked to in Australia was basically an expletive about Trump and the U.S*****.,**” said Hicks, of Pahrump, Nevada. “It was just like, whoa, I walked off a 20-hour flight and literally the first words of somebody’s mouth to me were that. ... ***So the idea of doing that with a Canadian passport just seemed easier, better, more palatable.***”
Is it me or does this comment read as dismissive?
If the only reason you're getting Canadian citizenship is not to be 'bothered' while traveling, perhaps don't elect fascists?
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Teadrunkest1 day ago
+12
Yeah let me just convince the other 347,999,999 people in the US to vote the same as me.
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SydneyBriarIsAlive1 day ago
+1
I get it, I'm just highly suspicious of this person and the way they voted.
If you didn't vote that way, great - then you're not as entitled as the quoted person in the article is.
Also, if your news is to be believed which is fairly is questionable but still seems to carry some validity in this instance, then it seems like Trump and cronies are at least on track to lose catastrophically in the midterms which might suggest there's not a need to change as many minds since it seems he's lost a lot of folks.
Definitely need to educate those people though, lest it happen again.
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Franklin_le_Tanklin1 day ago
+9
“I’d rather pretend to be of different citizenship then be confronted by the consequences of my actions”
If that’s not American I don’t know what is
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FuckingColdInCanada1 day ago
Just the more complicated version of wearing our flag on their clothes when they travel abroad.
You can't sit with us.
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borghe1 day ago
+4
This is me. Unfortunately I have to actually go there first. I can find online scanned birth registrations for all of my great grandfather’s siblings, his mom and his dad (my great great grandparents), and even all of their baptism records.. but not his. The only Canadian record I found of him is he’s listed as a member of the family in the 1891 census (was born in 1885), then they moved to the US in 1893-94.
But even US records show rock solid links between all of the family. And I have every US vital record from his marriage in 1911 all the way down to me. His Canadian birth registration is literally all I need.
I have a feeling times were tough for them right before they moved. My great great grandmother died only a few years after he was born, then they immediately moved to the US. In the 1900 US census his brother is the head of house and their dad (my great great grandfather) is a family member despite only being 55.
This is Kingston, ON If anyone knows the best way of searching for this it would be a huge help. My family lived in that area apparently their whole lives for multiple generations so every single record should be there (Kingston, Frontenac County, Sydenham)
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borghe1 day ago
+1
This is Kingston, ON If anyone knows the best way of searching for this it would be a huge help. My family lived in that area apparently their whole lives for multiple generations so every single record should be there (Kingston, Frontenac County, Sydenham)
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JasonEll2 days ago
+9
Sadly, it's pretty well-documented that my family came directly from Ireland and Germany, but long enough ago to not qualify for an EU passport.
(I was born in Europe but because my father was in the USAF so can't get one that way, either.)
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ExtremeSour1 day ago
+1
Why does it matter that your father was in the Air Force? Germany?
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branyon471 day ago
If he was born on a US base (even in another country), he was born on US soil by law.
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TatarAmerican1 day ago
+5
In Germany citizenship is tied to blood and not land, so even if he had been born outside of the base he wouldn't have received German citizenship.
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JasonEll1 day ago
+1
Different country but yeah pretty much the same.
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ExtremeSour1 day ago
+3
Just so you know, bases are not US soil. There are still just classed as is citizens born abroad
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NotBadAndYou1 day ago
+2
It's a sign of the times that when I missed the "also" in the headline on first reading, my first thought was "Oh God, what's happening now?"
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yoyoyohan1 day ago
+2
Fortunately I was born to a Canadian parent, so I’ve had both since birth
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Balmerhippie1 day ago
+2
Sincere question. I am eligible. I plan to get a passport asap. Im already close to Vancouver. What might i do to learn about the history and civics of Canada?
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+2
Learn about the indigenous issues first.
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Balmerhippie20 hr ago
+1
Recommend a resource(?) that's Canada specific. Even better BC Specific ?
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RM_r_us1 day ago
+2
Go to YouTube and watch every single Heritage Moment commercial.
When you can tell me who invented basketball and what "I smell burnt toast Doctor!" means, you'll be ready.
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misinformedcapybara1 day ago
+1
dude i am a full canadian through and through and i don't know these things. my citizenship is revoked!
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MalleableCurmudgeon1 day ago
+2
It would be nice if the article actually had the new law. This is not informative at all.
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miamibeebee1 day ago
+4
Wait my ancestors are from Canada. My 5th, 6th, and 7th great grandpas were all Jean Baptiste Trudeau. That basically makes Justin Trudeau my cousin and I should totally be let in.
insert Eric Andre let me in gif
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Bizarrebazaars1 day ago
+3
Hey Minnesotans are honorary Canadians anyway right….???
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Irr3l3ph4nt1 day ago
+3
If you're old blood Minnesota, there's like 20% chance one of your great grands is Canadian.
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Irr3l3ph4nt1 day ago
+3
As a French Canadian, I love that we can give a chance to those lost to the great exodus to come back.
If you're one of them, your ancestors were rugged woodsmen and homestead women. People that opened wild land in the hardest conditions on the planet. One day, lumber started getting replaced with steel. Charcoal with oil. Your ancestors had two choices. Leave for the brand new American factories or be miserable. They ended up with guaranteed work in the US, but were treated as human cattle for 3 generations. There were entire French Canadian towns and counties. They were seen as ignorant, almost as c**** as black labor. Until they completely assimilated. That's where you're from.
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amisslife1 day ago
+1
Yeah, I'd actually like to see special programs to help French Canadian Americans (or even any Americans who qualify under this) to learn French and reclaim some of that heritage. Imagine if we can get more of their children, through French Immersion daycares for example, to speak French fluently. I think it's an important part of undoing some of the fucked-up past.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
Don't forget the part where our ancestors did their level best to absolutely decimate indigenous culture and people. Don't forget that part!
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aWildCanadian2 days ago
+5
I f****** hate this bill. Absolutely opposed to this nonsense.
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SalukiKnightX1 day ago
+2
My family’s origins are from Mississippi, Tennessee and Kentucky. As nice as Canada is (been to Gander, Newfoundland, comfortably cold in May) my kin have no ties to the country.
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Irr3l3ph4nt1 day ago
+1
Watch for a French Canadian Great Grandma or something. They were not rare in these parts.
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FxEpic1 day ago
+2
In 2002 Canada was ACTIVELY revoking Citizenship to tens of thousands of Canadians, even ones living in Canada all their lives. They became known as Lost Canadians.
Now suddenly they WANT Citizens?
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MysteriousCap49101 day ago
+3
This bill is to fix that
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Murky-Willingness9991 day ago
+3
Sure wish Germany, England or Scotland would do the same thing so this Canadian could gtfo of here
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DaruJericho1 day ago
+1
The UK already has this. If you already have an English or Scottish grandparent, you can apply for British citizenship
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FluffyPantsMcGee1 day ago
+2
Learn about tax obligations should you come here and then choose to leave.
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rantingathome1 day ago
+5
Canada doesn't tax foreign income when you don't reside here. The USA is one of the few countries that do that.
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Street_Anon1 day ago
+3
Or how much the overall cost of living is and they would not come here.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+1
It's absolutely this right here. That in the weird socialist rules. Yeah it's nice to go to the ER and know that after an interminable 16-hour wait you're not going to owe anyAfter an interminable 16-hour wait you're not going to owe any money, but you're going to be text to shit the rest of the time and anything you want to buy will be much more expensive and usually inferior.
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MisterBlisterKisser2 days ago
+1
We need a way to repeal this if necessary.
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crpssurvivor12101 day ago
+1
Does it count for anyone who has a family member born in Canada?
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TorqueandOpulence1 day ago
+4
Direct descent. So parents or grandparents etc on down the line. You have to prove the link with documentation.
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crpssurvivor12101 day ago
+1
She left when she was a baby
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TorqueandOpulence1 day ago
+7
If she was born in Canada and you can prove it, you are Canadian in the eyes of this law.
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rantingathome1 day ago
+2
assuming she's a direct ancestor and not a cousin...
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Substantial_Sea73271 day ago
+1
what if my Canadian ancestor lived in Canada for 1096 days?
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rantingathome1 day ago
+2
Assuming you were born before Dec 15, 2025 that requirement doesn't apply. Born after... pretty good listnook skills for a baby under 6 months old.
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nvmenotfound1 day ago
+1
times have changed and times are strange, here i come but i ain’t the same, canada i’m coming homeee!
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MagicSPA1 day ago
+1
They come from the U.S., eh.
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AshundertheOlivetree1 day ago
+1
Haha gottem!
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philrich121 day ago
+1
Please let this apply to all Minnesotans..
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Ragnarawr1 day ago
+1
Why was the law passed? Low birth rates? What’s going on?
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dukenny1 day ago
+1
How'd they get so lucky?
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szabadabadooo13 hr ago
Nooooooooo!!!! 😧
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Interesting-Salt12911 day ago
-1
…I think I qualify! Civilization, here I come!
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Hwy392 days ago
+2
I wish
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rompskee1 day ago
-1
Grandmother was born in Canada then moved to the states, my mom had dual citizenship as a kid but gave up her Canadian citizenship when she went to college so unfortunately I think that makes me ineligible
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fleetingwords1 day ago
+5
How exactly did she give up her citizenship? If she just got another passport that doesn’t remove it.
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rantingathome1 day ago
+3
Here's the deal. If your mom legally renounced her citizenship with the CANADIAN government before you were born, you're probably out of luck.
However, if she just "renounced" it to the American government through some sort of oath, that's not official in Canada, and you and her are both citizens.
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Nuclearcakes1 day ago
+6
Did you read the article? The first paragraph talks about how people are eligible if they have a Canadian grandparent.
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branyon471 day ago
+2
My mom renounced her Canadian citizenship to become an American in the 80s. Even before this law, she asked them what her status was in Canada, and they said that nothing had changed on their end. She was still considered a Canadian and has access to a Canadian passport.
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firedrakes1 day ago
+1
Updated 6:03 PM EDT, April 23, 2026
its not new news...... already posted here before
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Inevitable-Eye56971 day ago
+1
What kind of American are you?
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Good-Examination22391 day ago
+16
Sorry, our provinces keep electing Conservative governments who love your health care system so much, and so they are actively slashing our public funding allocated for health care.
Because of that, appointment and ER wait times are actively surging pretty much everywhere across the country, so now many of them are now throwing up their hands shouting:
"See???? This is why public health care doesn't work and this is why we need more privatized health care the patients can pay for."
They're jerks gaslighting us, basically.
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FluffyPantsMcGee1 day ago
+5
When i lost my job i was so damn grateful our hospitals were public. Biggest expense was parking.
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Infamous-Mixture-6051 day ago
+5
> Sorry, our provinces keep electing Conservative governments who love your health care system so much, and so they are actively slashing our public funding allocated for health care.
Voters keep falling for promises to cut taxes and "find efficiencies" without appreciating where the cuts will come, and which seemingly always leads to governments screwing with healthcare, education, basic infrastructure maintenance, etc, often with negative outcomes.
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Cicer1 day ago
+4
It doesn’t help that people are going to ERs and Urgent Cares for sniffles and booboos.
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FluffyPantsMcGee1 day ago
+11
Our resources are stretched thin, we really don’t need millions of Americans coming up and joining the line.
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+14
You mean Canadians
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Objective_Ranger10051 day ago
+3
Who's gonna tell him?
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Camranauchi1 day ago
-8
Jesus Christ no, keep those fuckers out of here!
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Miss_L_Worldwide1 day ago
+5
You mean canadians? You want Canadians to stay out of canada?
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KlutzyYogurtcloset881 day ago
-6
So Americans ruined their country and now we're gonna let them ruin ours?
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fleetingwords1 day ago
+8
Pretty much anyone that wants to escape to Canada aren’t the ones that ruined it.
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KlutzyYogurtcloset881 day ago
-1
A huge part of the problem is that some people see themselves as "the good guys" and let themselves off the hook because of how they voted. You're all culpable to some extent. Trump is just a symptom. You all created (and benefited from) the culture that allowed him to thrive.
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LostWin99332 days ago
-12
No they f*** they are not
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thirstyrobot1 day ago
But wait! I thought this was considered a woke, liberal hellhole with nightmare healthcare and high taxes that everyone was trying to flee from.
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Cicer1 day ago
-2
Oh great…
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AltDS012 days ago
+2
South Detroiters
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imnotslavic2 days ago
-18
Stay in your country; you voted for him, now relish in the rewards. We have enough people as it is.
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